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31Rolling circle of a paddle wheel — Rolling Roll ing, a. 1. Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball. [1913 Webster] 2. Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as,… …
32bevel wheel — noun 1. : a bevel gear 2. : a wheel having a conical surface that rolls in contact with a disk or another bevel wheel …
33Tri-star (wheel arrangement) — The tri star is a novel wheel design originally by Lockheed in 1967 in which three wheels are arranged in an upright triangle with two on the ground and one above them. If either of the wheels in contact with the ground gets stuck, the whole… …
34tread contact length — the perpendicular distance between the tangent to edges of the leading and following points of road contact and parallel to the wheel plane …
35Belt grinding — is a machining method to process metals and other materials, with the aid of coated abrasives. The basic difference between belt grinders and belt sanders is the material being machined. Sanding is the machining of wood, grinding is the common… …
36Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics — A computer generated, simplified model of bike and rider demonstrating an uncontrolled right turn. An …
37Tire — This article is about tires used on road vehicles, including pneumatic tires and solid tires. For railroad tires, see railway tires. For other uses, see tire (disambiguation) or tyre.Tires, or tyres (in American and British English, respectively) …
38Rail adhesion — Driving wheel of steam locomotive The term adhesion railway or adhesion traction describes the most common type of railway, where power is applied by driving some or all of the wheels of the locomotive. Thus, it relies on the friction between a… …
39Gear — For the gear like device used to drive a roller chain, see Sprocket. This article is about mechanical gears. For other uses, see Gear (disambiguation). Two meshing gears transmitting rotational motion. Note that the smaller gear is rotating… …
40Unicycle — A unicycle is a human powered, single track vehicle with one wheel. Unicycles resemble bicycles, but are less complex. A Torker unicycle Contents 1 History …
